Electro-polarizable compound and capacitor

ABSTRACT

An electro-polarizable compound has the following general formula: 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule. R1 are electron donor groups connected to Core1 and R1′ are electron acceptor groups connected to Core1, m is number of acceptor groups R1, m′ is a number of donor groups R′. The numbers m and m′ are equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, but both m and m′ are not both equal to 0. R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core1 directly or via a connecting group; a number p of ionic groups R2 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE has a nonlinear effect of polarization. Core2 is a self-assembling electro-conductive oligomer, a number n of the such oligomers is 0, 2, or 4. R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core2; a number s of the ionic groups R3 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. A number k of substituents R4 is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.

CLAIM OF PRIORITY

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 15/090,509 filed Apr. 4, 2016, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates generally to passive components ofelectrical circuit and more particularly to an electro-polarizablecompound and capacitor based on this material and intended for energystorage.

BACKGROUND

A capacitor is a passive electronic component that is used to storeenergy in the form of an electrostatic field, and comprises a pair ofelectrodes separated by a dielectric layer. When a potential differenceexists between the two electrodes, an electric field is present in thedielectric layer. An ideal capacitor is characterized by a singleconstant value of capacitance, which is a ratio of the electric chargeon each electrode to the potential difference between them. For highvoltage applications, much larger capacitors have to be used.

One important characteristic of a dielectric material is its breakdownfield. The breakdown field corresponds to the value of electric fieldstrength at which the material suffers a catastrophic failure andconducts electricity between the electrodes. For most capacitorgeometries, the electric field in the dielectric can be approximated bythe voltage between the two electrodes divided by the spacing betweenthe electrodes, which is usually the thickness of the dielectric layer.Since the thickness is usually constant it is more common to refer to abreakdown voltage, rather than a breakdown field. There are a number offactors that can dramatically reduce the breakdown voltage. Inparticular, the geometry of the conductive electrodes is importantfactor affecting breakdown voltage for capacitor applications. Inparticular, sharp edges or points hugely increase the electric fieldstrength locally and can lead to a local breakdown. Once a localbreakdown starts at any point, the breakdown will quickly “trace”through the dielectric layer until it reaches the opposite electrode andcauses a short circuit.

Breakdown of the dielectric layer usually occurs as follows. Intensityof an electric field becomes high enough to “pull” electrons from atomsof the dielectric material and makes them conduct an electric currentfrom one electrode to another. Presence of impurities in the dielectricor imperfections of the crystal structure can result in an avalanchebreakdown as observed in semiconductor devices.

Another important characteristic of a dielectric material is itsdielectric permittivity. Different types of dielectric materials areused for capacitors and include ceramics, polymer film, paper, andelectrolytic capacitors of different kinds. The most widely used polymerfilm materials are polypropylene and polyester. Increasing dielectricpermittivity allows for increasing volumetric energy density, whichmakes it an important technical task.

Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) effects of organic molecules havebeen extensively investigated for their advantages over inorganiccrystals. Properties studied, for example, include their large opticalnon-linearity, ultra-fast response speed, high damage thresholds and lowabsorption loss, etc. Particularly, organic thin films with excellentoptical properties have tremendous potential in integrated optics suchas optical switching, data manipulation and information processing.Among organic NLO molecules, azo-dye chromophores have been a specialinterest to many investigators because of their relatively largemolecular hyper-polarizability (b) due to delocalization of thep-electronic clouds. They were most frequently either incorporated as aguest in the polymeric matrix (guest-host polymers) or grafted into thepolymeric matrix (functionalized polymers) over the past decade.

Hyper-electronic polarization of organic compounds is described ingreater detail in Roger D. Hartman and Herbert A. Pohl,“Hyper-electronic Polarization in Macromolecular Solids”, Journal ofPolymer Science: Part A-1 Vol. 6, pp. 1135-1152 (1968). Hyper-electronicpolarization may be viewed as the electrical polarization externalfields due to the pliant interaction with the charge pairs of excitons,in which the charges are molecularly separated and range overmolecularly limited domains. In this article four polyacene quinoneradical polymers were investigated. These polymers at 100 Hz haddielectric constants of 1800-2400, decreasing to about 58-100 at 100,000Hz. Essential drawback of the described method of production of materialis use of a high pressure (up to 20 kbars) for forming the samplesintended for measurement of dielectric constants.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an electro-polarizable compound havingthe following general formula (I):

Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule havingtwo-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in acolumn-like supramolecule, R1 are electron donor groups connected to thearomatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and R1′ are electronacceptor groups connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule(Core1), m is number of acceptor groups R1, m′ is a number of donorgroups R′, m and m′ are equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein m and m′are not both equal to 0, R2 is a substituent comprising one or moreionic groups from a class of ionic compounds that are used in ionicliquids connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1)directly or via a connecting group, p is number of ionic groups R2 whichis equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE containing theCore1 with at least one group R1 and/or R1′ has a nonlinear effect ofpolarization.Core2 is an electro-conductive oligomer and number n of theelectro-conductive oligomers is equal to 0, 2, or 4. R3 is a substituentcomprising one or more ionic groups from a class of ionic compounds thatare used in ionic liquids connected to the electro-conductive oligomer(Core2) directly or via a connecting group, s is number of the ionicgroups R3 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the organiccompound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-likesupramolecules from each other and connected to the aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule (Core1) and/or to the electro-conductive oligomer(Core2) directly or via a connecting group. The parameter k is a numberof substituents R4, which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a solution comprising anorganic solvent and at least one disclosed electro-polarizable compound.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a crystalmetadielectric layer comprising a mixture of the electro-polarizablecompounds as disclosed above. The nonlinearly polarizable fragmentscomprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least onegroup R1 are placed into the resistive dielectric envelope formed byresistive substituents R4 providing solubility of the organic compoundin a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramoleculesfrom each other.

In still another aspect, the present invention provides a meta-capacitorcomprising two metal electrodes positioned parallel to each other andwhich can be rolled or flat and planar with said metadielectric layerbetween said electrodes, wherein the metadielectric layer comprises oneor more types of the disclosed electro-polarizable. The nonlinearlypolarizable fragments comprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugatedmolecule with at least one group R1, the electro-conductive oligomersand the ionic groups which have electronic and/or ionic type ofpolarizability are placed into the resistive dielectric envelope formedby resistive substituents providing solubility of the organic compoundin a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramoleculesfrom each other.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

All publications, patents, and patent applications mentioned in thisspecification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent asif each individual publication, patent, or patent application wasspecifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1A schematically shows a capacitor with flat and planar electrodesin accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1B schematically shows a capacitor with rolled (circular)electrodes in accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

While various embodiments of the invention have been shown and describedherein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that suchembodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous variations,changes, and substitutions may occur to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the invention. It should be understood that variousalternatives to the embodiments of the invention described herein may beemployed.

The present disclosure provides an electro-polarizable compound.Existence of the electrophilic groups (acceptors) and the nucleophilicgroups (donors) in the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1)promotes non-uniform distribution of electronic density in theconjugated molecule: surplus of electrons in one place (in a donor zone)and a shortage of electrons in other place (in an acceptor zone). Theinfluence of external electric field onto non-uniform distribution ofelectronic density along the conjugated molecule leads to the inducedpolarization P_(ind). In the general case the induced polarization isnonlinear function of intensity of local electric field E_(loc). In theassumption of weak nonlinearity when it is possible to be limited toseveral members of decomposition of an induced polarization into aseries on degrees of intensity of a local electric field, the inducedpolarization of the environment (of molecule) can be written down in thefollowing form:

P _(ind) =α·E _(loc) +β·E _(loc) ²+ . . . ,

where α—linear polarizability, β—square polarizability. Though theassumption of a smallness of electric field is not always right,nevertheless parameters α and β can be used for qualitative analysis ofpolarizability of the disclosed compounds. In the present disclosure themain attention is paid to ways of increase in the induced polarizationof the disclosed compounds and therefore onto ways of increase of thelinear polarizability α and square polarizability β. Such attention iscaused by that the constant dipole and quadrupole electrical moments aremutually neutralized at self-assembly of such conjugated molecules.Analysis shows that linear polarizability depends on the size of theaverage electronic density in the molecule, and nonlinear polarizabilitydepends on the size of heterogeneity of electronic density. It is alsoshown that a non-centrosymmetric arrangement of the electron donor andacceptor groups can lead to a strong nonlinear response of thecompound's electronic polarization in the presence of an electric field.Influence of chemical structure on linear polarizability α and squarepolarizability β is shown in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1 chemical structure α β

945 0.041

1348 0.165

1537 862

1252 21107

1908 40221

1431 35189

2057 168081

3397 582843

4604 1002570

An essential feature of the present disclosure is use of rigidno-conjugated limit carbon structures as resistive substituents. Suchstructures are absolutely determined in distinguishing from thedielectric structures formed by “fat” tails (such as alkyl, aryl,substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, fluorinated alkyl, chlorinatedalkyl, branched and complex alkyl) which can be bent (curved) and leadto stochastic distribution of electronic density in the dielectricstructure that leads to its electric breakdown. Thus, as resistivesubstituent R4 is used a non-conjugated compound, such ascyclo-hydrocarbons with rigid/fixed spatial structure like cyclohexane,cyclopentane and flat structures that are built as tiles fromcyclo-molecules that do not contain voids/empty space; that have densepacking of SP3 carbon with H and F substitutes. Otherwise use of fattails leads to formation of friable dielectric structure (film, layer,and envelope). It is possible that in friable structure always therewill be a local area (“hole”) in which electronic density is equal tozero and which can be occupied with a free electron (that leads toelectric breakdown). It is possible to enter a concept of a molecularhole when one molecule “is taken out” from the ordered structure (from acrystal lattice). In this case the quantum object (a quantum hole, aquantum point) is formed in which there are empty (non-occupied) energylevels. Set of such objects creates a condition for conductivity ofelectrons and for electric breakdown of dielectric structure. Thereforein the present disclosure the determined structures forming the orderedcrystal dielectric layers are disclosed which do not allow electrons topass through material.

Presence of the electro-conductive oligomers leads to increasing ofpolarizability of the disclosed electro-polarizable compound because ofelectronic super conductivity of the electro-conductive oligomers. Ionicgroups increase an ionic component of polarization of the disclosedelectro-polarizable compound. The nonlinearly polarizable fragmentscomprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least onedopant group, the electro-conductive oligomers and the ionic groups areplaced into the resistive dielectric envelope formed by resistivesubstituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solventand electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from eachother. The resistive substituents increase the electric strength ofthese electro-polarizable compounds and breakdown voltage of thedielectric layers made on their basis.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule (Core1) comprises rylene fragments, which may be inconjugation with phenyl amides, naphthalene amides, and/or anthraceneamides. In another embodiment of the disclosed electro-polarizablecompound, the rylene fragments are selected from structures from 1 to 12as given in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Examples of the aromatic polycyclic conjugated moleculecomprising rylene fragments

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the electron donor andacceptor groups (R1) are selected from nucleophilic groups (donors) andelectrophilic groups (acceptors) and the set (variety) of groups(R1)_(m) containing of m elements comprises donors (R1′) and/oracceptors (R1). The electrophilic groups (acceptors) are selected from—NO₂, —NH₃+ and —NR₃+ (quaternary nitrogen salts), counterion Cl- orBr-, —CHO (aldehyde), —CRO (keto group), —SO₃H (sulfonic acids), —SO₃R(sulfonates), —SO₂NH₂ (sulfonamides), —COOH (carboxylic acid), —COOR(esters, from carboxylic acid side), —COCl (carboxylic acid chlorides),—CONH₂ (amides, from carboxylic acid side), —CF₃, —CCl₃, —CN, —C(CN)₂wherein R is radical selected from the list comprising alkyl (methyl,ethyl, iso-propyl, tert-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl(—CH₂—CH═CH₂), benzyl (—CH₂C₆H₅) groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl)and other aryl (aromatic) groups. The nucleophilic groups (donors) areselected from —O— (phenoxides, like —ONa or —OK), —NH₂, —NHR, —NR₂, —OH,—OR (ethers), —NHCOR (amides, from amine side), —OCOR (esters, fromalcohol side), alkyls, —C₆H₅, vinyls, wherein R is radical selected fromthe list comprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl,neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH₂—CH═CH₂), benzyl (—CH₂C₆H₅)groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl) and other aryl (aromatic) groups.

In still another embodiment of the disclosed electro-polarizablecompound, at least one connecting group is selected from the listcomprising the following structures: 13-23 given in Table 3, where X ishydrogen (H) or an alkyl group.

TABLE 3 Examples of the connecting group

13

14

15

16

17

19

20

21

22

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one connectinggroup is selected from the group of CH₂, CF₂, SiR₂O, CH₂CH₂O, wherein Ris selected from the list comprising H, alkyl, and fluorine. In anotherembodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one connecting groupis selected from structures 24 to 29 as given in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Examples of the connecting group

24

25

26

27

28

29

In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, the resistivesubstituent R4 is selected from the group of alkyl, aryl, substitutedalkyl, substituted aryl, fluorinated alkyl, chlorinated alkyl, branchedand complex alkyl, branched and complex fluorinated alkyl, branched andcomplex chlorinated alkyl groups, and any combination thereof, andwherein the alkyl group is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl,iso-butyl and tert-butyl groups, and the aryl group is selected fromphenyl, benzyl and naphthyl groups or siloxane, and/orpolyethyleneglycol as linear or branched chains. In still anotherembodiment of the present disclosure, the resistive substituent R4 isC_(X)Q_(2X+1), where X≧1 and Q is hydrogen (H), fluorine (F), orchlorine (Cl).

In one embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, the aromaticpolycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and the groups (R1) form anon-centrosymmetric molecular structure. In another embodiment of theelectro-polarizable compound, the aromatic polycyclic conjugatedmolecule (Core1), the groups (R1) and the resistive substituents (R4)form a non-centrosymmetric molecular structure.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the electro-polarizablecompound has the following general formula (II):

In general formula II, Core1 is the aromatic polycyclic conjugatedmolecule, as discussed above, the resistive substituent R4 is anon-conjugated part of disclosed compound, which may be saturated andfused cyclo-hydrocarbons or saturated and fused cyclo-halocarbons withrigid spatial structure including, but not limited to cyclohexane,cyclopentane, polycyclic perflourohexyls, polycyclic perflouropentyls,and structures that are built from tiles of cyclic carbon molecules.Wherein, the tiles of cyclic carbon molecules have dense packing of SP3carbon saturated with H, F, Cl, Br. And, wherein parameters n=p=s=0. Inanother embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, a length of thenon-conjugated part is selected such that its resistivity is greaterthan 10¹⁸ ohm·cm. In yet another embodiment of the electro-polarizablecompound, the resistive substituent R4 is a polycyclic alkyl group and apolycyclic halo-alkyl, wherein in the polycyclic halo-alkyl group isconnected to the apex of Core1 on which the electrophilic group(acceptor) R1 is connected, or the apex of Core1 on which thenucleophilic group (donor) R1′ is connected, but not both. In stillanother embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, the resistivesubstituent R4 is resistive polycyclic substituents selected from thelist comprising long C₂₅H₃₄ and C₂₅H₃₅ or C₂₅F₃₄ and C₂₅F₃₅ and locatedon the apex phenyl rings of Core1. In one embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the electro-polarizable compound has the following generalformula (III):

In general formula III, the parameter m is equal to 4, R1′ is donorgroup, R1 is acceptor group, k is equal to 2. In another embodiment ofthe electro-polarizable compound, the Core1 is rylene fragment havingfollowing structural formula where repetition parameter t is an integervarying from 0 to 5:

wherein the set of the electron donor and acceptor groups comprises twodonor groups —NH₂ and two acceptor groups —NO₂ (m is equal to 4) locatedon rylene phenyl rings and/or apex phenyl ring positions of the Core1,so that the fragment having a nonlinear effect of polarization (NLE) isrepresented by the following chemical structure (when t=1):

wherein the resistive substituent (R4) is an amine structure of thefollowing type:

leading to the following structural formula (IV):

wherein the resistive substituents are connected via a connecting group.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the electro-polarizablecompound has the following general formula (V):

In general formula V, Core1 is the above-described aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule, m is equal to 6, R1′ is donor group, R1 is acceptorgroup, k is equal to 2. In yet another embodiment of theelectro-polarizable compound, the Core1 is rylene fragment havingfollowing structural formula where repetition parameter t varies from 1to 5:

wherein the set of the electron donor and acceptor groups comprisesthree donor groups —NH₂ and three acceptor groups —NO₂ (m is equal to 6)are located on rylene phenyl rings and/or apex phenyl ring positions ofthe Core1, so that the fragment having a nonlinear effect ofpolarization (NLE) is represented by following chemical structure (whent=1):

wherein the resistive substituent (R4) is an amine structure of thefollowing type:

leading to the following structural formula (VI):

wherein the resistive substituents are connected via a connecting group.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the induced polarizationP_(ind) of the electro-polarizable compound may be written in the formof decomposition into a series on degrees of intensity of a localelectric field E_(loc):

P _(ind) =α·E _(loc) +β·E _(loc) ²+ . . . ,

where α represents linear polarizability, β represents squarepolarizability.

In an aspect, the present disclosure provides the organic solventcomprising the disclosed electro-polarizable compound. In oneembodiment, the solution comprises a mixture of differentelectro-polarizable compounds. In another embodiment of the disclosedorganic solvent, the mixture of the electro-polarizable compoundscomprises the rylene fragments of different length. In still anotherembodiment, the organic solvent is selected from the list comprisingketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbons, cyclic hydrocarbons,chlorohydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters, and any combinationthereof. In yet another, the organic solvent is selected from the listcomprising acetone, xylene, toluene, ethanol, methylcyclohexane, ethylacetate, diethyl ether, octane, chloroform, methylene chloride,dichloroethane, trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene, carbontetrachloride, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, pyridine, triethylamine,nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, andany combination thereof. In yet another embodiment of disclose, thesolution is a lyotropic liquid crystal solution.

In another aspect, aspects of the present disclosure provide a crystalmetadielectric layer comprising at least one type of the disclosedelectro-polarizable compounds. The crystal metadielectric layers areproduced from the disclosed organic compound by Cascade Crystallization;a method of thin crystal film (or thin crystal layer) manufacturingknown as the Optiva-Process. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,739,296 and 6,049,428,and P. Lazarev et al., “X-ray Diffraction by Large Area OrganicCrystalline Nano-films”, Molecular Materials, 14 (4), 303-311 (2001),and Bobrov, “Spectral Properties of Thin Crystal Film Polarizers”,Molecular Materials, 14 (3), 191-203 (2001).

Cascade Crystallization process involves a chemical modification stepand four steps of ordering during the crystal metadielectric layerformation. The chemical modification step introduces hydrophilic groupson the periphery of the molecule of the disclosed organic compound inorder to impart amphiphilic properties to the molecule. Amphiphilicmolecules stack together into supramolecules, which is the first step ofordering. At certain concentration, supramolecules are converted into aliquid-crystalline state to form a lyotropic liquid crystal, which isthe second step of ordering. The lyotropic liquid crystal is depositedunder the action of a shear force (or meniscus force) onto a substratebased on a Mayer Rod shearing technique, so that shear force (or themeniscus) direction determines the crystal axis direction in theresulting solid crystal layer. The external alignment upon the lyotropicliquid crystal can be produced using any other means, for example byapplying an external electric field at normal or elevated temperature,with or without additional illumination, magnetic field, or opticalfield (e.g., coherent photovoltaic effect); the degree of the externalalignment should be sufficient to impart necessary orientation to thesupramolecules of the lyotropic liquid crystal and form a structure,which serves as a base of the crystal lattice of the dielectric layer.This directional deposition is third step of ordering, representing theglobal ordering of the crystalline or polycrystalline structure on thesubstrate surface. The last fourth step of the Cascade Crystallizationprocess is drying/crystallization, which converts the lyotropic liquidcrystal into a solid crystal dielectric layer. The term CascadeCrystallization process is used to refer to the chemical modificationand four ordering steps as a combination process.

The Cascade Crystallization process is used for production of thincrystalline metadielectric layers. The dielectric layer produced by theCascade Crystallization process has a global order which means that adirection of the crystallographic axis of the layer over the entiresubstrate surface is controlled by the deposition process. Molecules ofthe deposited material are packed into supramolecules with a limitedfreedom of diffusion or motion. The thin crystalline dielectric layer ischaracterized by an interplanar spacing of 3.4±0.3 Ångstroms (Å) in thedirection of one of the optical axes.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the crystal metadielectriclayer comprises the column-like supramolecules formed by theelectro-polarizable compounds comprising the rylene fragments ofdifferent length. The variety of the rylene fragment lengths increasesthe randomness of the stack. In one embodiment according to aspects ofthe present disclosure, the layer's relative permittivity is greaterthan or equal to 1000. In one embodiment, the real part of the relativepermittivity (∈′) of the crystal metadielectric layer comprisesfirst-order (∈⁽¹⁾) and second-order (∈⁽²⁾) permittivities according tofollow formula:

${ɛ^{\prime} = {ɛ^{(1)} + {2\; ɛ^{(2)}\frac{V_{0}}{d}}}},$

where V₀ is the DC-voltage which is applied to the crystalmetadielectric layer, d is the layer thickness. In another embodiment ofthe present invention, the layer's resistivity is greater than or equalto 10¹³ ohm/cm.

The present disclosure provides the metacapacitor comprising two metalelectrodes positioned parallel to each other and which can be rolled orflat and planar and metadielectric layer between said electrodes. Thelayer comprises the electro-polarizable compounds as disclosed above.

The metacapacitor comprises a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2,and a metadielectric layer 3 disposed between said first and secondelectrodes as shown in FIG. 1A. The electrodes 1 and 2 may be made of ametal, such as copper, zinc, or aluminum or other conductive materialsuch as graphite or carbon nanomaterials and are generally planar inshape.

The electrodes 1, 2 may be flat and planar and positioned parallel toeach other. Alternatively, the electrodes may be planar and parallel,but not necessarily flat, they may be coiled, rolled, bent, folded, orotherwise shaped to reduce the overall form factor of the capacitor. Itis also possible for the electrodes to be non-flat, non-planar, ornon-parallel or some combination of two or more of these. By way ofexample and not by way of limitation, a spacing d between the electrodesland 2 may range from about 100 nm to about 10 000 μm. The maximumvoltage V_(bd) between the electrodes land 2 is approximately theproduct of the breakdown field E_(bd) and the electrode spacing d. IfE_(bd)=0.1 V/nm and the spacing d between the electrodes 1 and 2 is10,000 microns (100,000 nm), the maximum voltage V_(bd) would be 100,000volts.

The electrodes land 2 may have the same shape as each other, the samedimensions, and the same area A. By way of example, and not by way oflimitation, the area A of each electrode 1 and 2 may range from about0.01 m² to about 1000 m². By way of example and not by way of limitationfor rolled capacitors, electrodes up to, e.g., 1000 m long and 1 m wide.

These ranges are non-limiting. Other ranges of the electrode spacing dand area A are within the scope of the aspects of the presentdisclosure.

If the spacing d is small compared to the characteristic lineardimensions of electrodes (e.g., length and/or width), the capacitance Cof the capacitor may be approximated by the formula:

C=∈∈ _(o) A/d,  (V)

where ∈_(o) is the permittivity of free space (8.85×10⁻¹²Coulombs²/(Newton·meter²)) and ∈ is the dielectric constant of thedielectric layer. The energy storage capacity U of the capacitor may beapproximated as:

U=½∈∈_(o) AE _(bd) ²  (VI)

The energy storage capacity U is determined by the dielectric constant∈, the area A, and the breakdown field E_(bd). By appropriateengineering, a capacitor or capacitor bank may be designed to have anydesired energy storage capacity U. By way of example, and not by way oflimitation, given the above ranges for the dielectric constant ∈,electrode area A, and breakdown field E_(bd) a capacitor in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure may have an energy storagecapacity U ranging from about 500 Joules to about 2·10¹⁶ Joules.

For a dielectric constant ∈ ranging, e.g., from about 100 to about1,000,000 and constant breakdown field E_(bd) between, e.g., about 0.1and 0.5 V/nm, a capacitor of the type described herein may have aspecific energy capacity per unit mass ranging from about 10 W·h/kg upto about 100,000 W·h/kg, though implementations are not so limited.

The present disclosure includes metacapacitors that are coiled, e.g., asdepicted in FIG. 1B. In this example, a metacapacitor 20 comprises afirst electrode 21, a second electrode 22, and a metadielectric materiallayer 23 of the type described hereinabove disposed between said firstand second electrodes. The electrodes 21 and 22 may be made of a metal,such as copper, zinc, or aluminum or other conductive material such asgraphite or carbon nanomaterials and are generally planar in shape. Inone implementation, the electrodes and metadielectric material layer 23are in the form of long strips of material that are sandwiched togetherand wound into a coil along with an insulating material, e.g., a plasticfilm such as polypropylene or polyester to prevent electrical shortingbetween the electrodes 21 and 22.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference ismade to the following examples, which are intended to be illustrative ofthe invention, but are not intended to limit its scope.

Example 1

This Example describes synthesis of the disclosed organic compoundaccording following structural scheme:

Terrylene anhydride 1 (1 equiv.) and 1-bromomethanamine (1 equiv.) werestirred in imidazole at 130° C. overnight. The mixture was dissolved inTHF and washed with water 3 times. The organics were combined and driedover MgSO₄. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 2.

Terrylene imide 2 (1 equiv.) was dissolved in THF and stirred over anice bath. Lithium aluminum hydride (5 equiv.) dissolved in THF wasslowly added. The mixture was allowed to warm to ambient temperature andstirred for 18 h. The mixture was quenched with 2M NaOH, filtered, anddried over MgSO₄, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure togive 3.

Terrylene 3 (1 equiv.) and Pd/C (20% wt/wt) were stirred in THF in athree-neck flask with a H₂ balloon attached for 18 h. The mixture wasfiltered through Celite and the solvents were removed under reducedpressure to give 4.

Bromo-amine 4 (1 equiv.), Anthracene 5 (1 equiv.), Pd(Ph)₄ (10 mol %),K₂CO₃ (1.5 equiv.) were stirred in toluene at 70° C. for 18 h. Themixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was washed withNaHCO₃ and brine. The organics were dried over MgSO₄, and the solventswere removed under reduced pressure to give 6.

Naphthalene anhydride 7 (1 equiv.) and anthracene 6 (1 equiv.) werestirred in imidazole at 130° C. overnight. The mixture was dissolved inTHF and washed with water 3 times. The organics were combined and driedover MgSO₄. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 8.

Amidine 8 (1 equiv.) and Pd/C (20% wt/wt) were stirred in THF in athree-neck flask with a H₂ balloon attached for 18 h. The mixture wasfiltered through Celite and the solvents were removed under reducedpressure to give 9.

Amidine 8 (1 equiv.) was dissolved in THF and stirred at −80° C.N-butyllithium (1.2 equiv., 2.5 M in hexanes) was added dropwise. After1 h, triisopropylborane was added dropwise and allowed to warm to roomtemperature overnight. The mixture was washed with NaHCO₃ and brine anddried over MgSO₄. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give10.

Bromo-amidine 9 (1 equiv.), Amidine boronic ester 10 (1 equiv.), Pd(Ph)₄(10 mol %), K₂CO₃ (1.5 equiv.) were stirred in toluene at 70° C. for 18h. The mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was washedwith NaHCO₃ and brine. The organics were dried over MgSO₄, and thesolvents were removed under reduced pressure to give 11.

A mixture of 1.48 g (13 mmol) potassium tert-butoxide 2.30 g (15.1 mmol)of diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), 2.2 g 36.3 mmol) ethanolamineand 1.0 g of 11 was heated to 140° C. for 11 hours. Afterwards, the sameamount of potassium tert-butoxide, DBU and ethanolamine were added andthe mixture was kept at 140° C. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture wascooled to room temperature, poured into 250 ml of 1M HCl filtered,washed until neutral pH and then dried to give the final product 12.

Example 2

This Example describes synthesis of the disclosed organic compoundaccording following structural scheme:

Bromo-amine 4 (1 equiv.), Naphthalene 14 (1 equiv.), Pd(Ph)₄ (10 mol %),K₂CO₃ (1.5 equiv.) were stirred in toluene at 70° C. for 18 h. Themixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was washed withNaHCO₃ and brine. The organics were dried over MgSO₄, and the solventswere removed under reduced pressure to give 15.

Naphthalene anhydride 16 (1 equiv.) and naphthalene 15 (1 equiv.) werestirred in imidazole at 130° C. overnight. The mixture was dissolved inTHF and washed with water 3 times. The organics were combined and driedover MgSO₄. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 17.

Amidine 17 (1 equiv.) and Pd/C (20% wt/wt) were stirred in THF in athree-neck flask with a H₂ balloon attached for 18 h. The mixture wasfiltered through Celite and the solvents were removed under reducedpressure to give 18.

Amidine 17 (1 equiv.) was dissolved in THF and stirred at −80° C.N-butyllithium (1.2 equiv., 2.5 M in hexanes) was added dropwise. After1 h, triisopropylborane was added dropwise and allow to warm to roomtemperature overnight. The mixture was washed with NaHCO₃ and brine anddried over MgSO₄. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give19.

Bromo-amidine 18 (1 equiv.), Amidine boronic ester 19 (1 equiv.),Pd(Ph)₄ (10 mol %), K₂CO₃ (1.5 equiv.) were stirred in toluene at 70° C.for 18 h. The mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate waswashed with NaHCO₃ and brine. The organics were dried over MgSO₄, andthe solvents were removed under reduced pressure to give 20.

A mixture of 1.48 g (13 mmol) potassium tert-butoxide 2.30 g (15.1 mmol)of diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), 2.2 g 36.3 mmol) ethanolamineand 1.0 g of 20 was heated to 140° C. for 11 hours. Afterwards, the sameamount of potassium tert-butoxide, DBU and ethanolamine were added andthe mixture was kept at 140° C. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture wascooled to room temperature, poured into 250 ml of 1M HCl filtered,washed until neutral pH and then dried to give the final product 21.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide compounds characterized byhighly nonlinear electric polarizabilitly. Such compounds are useful ashigh dielectric constant metadielectrics for metacapacitors withextremely high capacitance and extremely high energy storage capacity.

While the above is a complete description of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is possible to use various alternatives,modifications and equivalents. Therefore, the scope of the presentinvention should be determined not with reference to the abovedescription but should, instead, be determined with reference to theappended claims, along with their full scope of equivalents. Any featuredescribed herein, whether preferred or not, may be combined with anyother feature described herein, whether preferred or not. In the claimsthat follow, the indefinite article “A”, or “An” refers to a quantity ofone or more of the item following the article, except where expresslystated otherwise. As used herein, in a listing of elements in thealternative, the word “or” is used in the logical inclusive sense, e.g.,“X or Y” covers X alone, Y alone, or both X and Y together, except whereexpressly stated otherwise. Two or more elements listed as alternativesmay be combined together. The appended claims are not to be interpretedas including means-plus-function limitations, unless such a limitationis explicitly recited in a given claim using the phrase “means for.”

What is claimed is:
 1. An electro-polarizable compound having thefollowing general formula (I):

where Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule havingtwo-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in acolumn-like supramolecule, R1 are electron donor groups connected to thearomatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and R1′ are electronacceptor groups connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule(Core1), m is number of acceptor groups R1, m′ is a number of donorgroups R′, m and m′ are equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein m and m′are not both equal to 0, R2 is a substituent comprising one or moreionic groups from a class of ionic compounds that are used in ionicliquids connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1)directly or via a connecting group, p is a number of ionic groups R2which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; wherein the fragment marked NLEcontaining the Core1 with at least one group R1 and/or R1′ has anonlinear effect of polarization, wherein Core2 is an electro-conductiveoligomer, n is a number of the electro-conductive oligomers which isequal to 0, 2, or 4, R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionicgroups from a class of ionic compounds that are used in ionic liquidsconnected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) directly or via aconnecting group, s is a number of the ionic groups R3 which is equal to0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; wherein R4 is a resistive substituent providingsolubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electricallyinsulating the column-like supramolecules from each other and connectedto the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and/or to theelectro-conductive oligomer (Core2) directly or via a connecting group,k is a number of substituents R4 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7 or
 8. 2. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein thearomatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) comprises one or morerylene fragments.
 3. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 2,wherein the one or more rylene fragments are in conjugation with one ormore phenyl groups, and/or one or more naphthyl groups, and/or one ormore anthryl groups.
 4. The electro-polarizable compound according toclaim 2, wherein the rylene fragments are selected from structures 1 to12:


6. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein theacceptor groups (R1′) are selected from —NO₂, —NH₃+ and —NR₃+(quaternary nitrogen salts), counterion Cl- or Br-, —CHO (aldehyde),—CRO (keto group), —SO3H (sulfonic acids), —SO₃R (sulfonates), —SO₂NH₂(sulfonamides), —COOH (carboxylic acid), —COOR (esters, from carboxylicacid side), —COCl (carboxylic acid chlorides), —CONH₂ (amides, fromcarboxylic acid side), —CF₃, —CCl₃, —CN, —C(CN)₂ wherein R is radicalselected from the list comprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, iso-propyl,tert-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH₂—CH═CH₂), benzyl(—CH₂C₆H₅) groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl) and other aryl(aromatic) groups.
 7. The electro-polarizable compound according toclaim 1, wherein the donor groups (R1) are selected from —O—(phenoxides, like —ONa or —OK), —NH₂, —NHR, —NR₂, —OH, —OR (ethers),—NHCOR (amides, from amine side), —OCOR (esters, from alcohol side),alkyls, —C₆H₅, vinyls, wherein R is radical selected from the listcomprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, neopentyl,cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH₂—CH═CH₂), benzyl (—CH₂C₆H₅) groups, phenyl(+substituted phenyl) and other aryl (aromatic) groups.
 8. Theelectro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the at leastone connecting group is selected from the list comprising the followingstructures: 13-23, where X is hydrogen (H) or an alkyl group:


9. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the atleast one connecting group is selected from the group of CH₂, CF₂,SiR₂O, CH₂CH₂O, wherein R is selected from the list comprising H, alkyl,and fluorine.
 10. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1,wherein the at least one connecting group is selected from structures 24to 29:


11. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein theresistive substituent R4 is selected from the group of alkyl, aryl,substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, fluorinated alkyl, chlorinatedalkyl, branched and complex alkyl, branched and complex fluorinatedalkyl, branched and complex chlorinated alkyl groups, and anycombination thereof.
 12. The electro-polarizable compound according toclaim 10, wherein the alkyl group is selected from methyl, ethyl,propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl and tert-butyl groups, and the aryl group isselected from phenyl, benzyl and naphthyl groups or siloxane, and/orpolyethyleneglycol as linear or branched chains.
 13. Theelectro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the resistivesubstituent R4 is C_(X)Q_(2X+1), where X≧1 and Q is hydrogen (H),fluorine (F), or chlorine (Cl).
 14. The electro-polarizable compound ofclaim 1, wherein the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) andthe groups R1 and R1′ form a non-centrosymmetric molecular structure.15. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein the aromaticpolycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), the groups R1 and R1′ and theresistive substituents (R4) form a non-centrosymmetric molecularstructure.
 16. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1 having thefollowing general formula (II):

wherein the Core1 is the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule,resistive substituents R4 are a non-conjugated part of compound II, andare either monocycles or fused polycycles, wherein the monocycles orpolycycles are either saturated hydrocarbons or saturated halocarbonsforming rigid spatial structures with dense packing of SP3 carbonsaturated with H, F, Cl, and/or Br, and wherein k is a number ofsubstituents R4 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 andparameters n=p=s=0.
 17. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 16,wherein a length of the non-conjugated part is selected in such aresistivity of the electro-polarizable compound is greater than 10¹⁸ ohmcm.
 18. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 16, wherein a lengthof the non-conjugated part is selected in such a resistivity of theelectro-polarizable compound is between 10¹⁸ ohm·cm and 10²⁴ ohm·cm. 19.The electro-polarizable compound of claim 16, wherein the resistivesubstituent R4 is a polycyclic alkyl group and a polycyclic halo-alkylgroup, wherein in the polycyclic halo-alkyl group is connected to theapex of Core1 on which the electrophilic group (acceptor) R1 isconnected, or the apex of Core1 on which the nucleophilic group (donor)R1′ is connected, but not both.
 20. The electro-polarizable compound ofclaim 16, wherein the resistive substituent R4 is resistive a polycyclicsubstituents selected from the list comprising long C₂₅H₃₄ and C₂₅H₃₅ orC₂₅F₃₄ and C₂₅F₃₅ and located on the apex phenyl, naphthyl, or anthrylrings of Core1.
 21. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 16 havingthe following general formula (III):

wherein R1′ is an acceptor group, and R1 is a donor group.
 22. Theelectro-polarizable compound according to claim 21, wherein the Core1 isa rylene fragment having following structural formula where t is arepetition parameter that varies from 1 to 5:

wherein the set of the electron donor and acceptor groups comprises twodonor groups —NH₂ and two acceptor groups —NO₂ (m is equal to 4) locatedon rylene rings, or on apex phenyl, naphthyl, and/or anthryl ringpositions of the Core1, or on both rylene rings positions and apexphenyl, naphthyl, and/or anthryl ring positions such that the fragmenthaving a nonlinear effect of polarization (NLE) is represented byfollowing chemical structure (when t=1):

wherein the resistive substituent (R4) is an amine structure having aformula of the type:

whereby the electro-polarizable compound has the following structuralformula (IV):

wherein the resistive substituents R4 are connected the Core 1 via aconnecting group.
 23. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 16having a general formula (V):

wherein the Core1 is the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule, R1 isa donor group, and R1′ is acceptor group.
 24. The electro-polarizablecompound according to claim 23, wherein the Core1 is a rylene fragmenthaving following structural formula where a repetition parameter tvaries from 1 to 5:

wherein the electron donor groups R1 comprises three donor groups —NH₂and the electron acceptor groups R1′ comprises three acceptor groups—NO₂ wherein the three donor groups R1 and the three acceptor groups RFare located on rylene phenyl ring positions of Core1, or on apex phenyl,naphthyl, and/or anthryl ring positions of Core1, such that the fragmenthaving a nonlinear effect of polarization (NLE) as represented by thefollowing chemical structure (when t=1):

wherein the resistive substituent (R4) is amine structure

whereby the electro-polarizable compound has the following structuralformula (VI):

wherein the resistive substituents are connected via a connecting group.25. A solution comprising an organic solvent and at least one type ofelectro-polarizable compound according to claim
 1. 26. The solutionaccording to claim 25, comprising a mixture of differentelectro-polarizable compounds.
 27. The solution according to claim 25,wherein the mixture of the electro-polarizable compounds comprisesrylene fragments of different length.
 28. The solution according toclaim 25, wherein the organic solvent is selected from the listcomprising ketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbons, cyclic hydrocarbons,chlorohydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters, and any combinationthereof.
 29. The solution according to claim 25, wherein the organicsolvent is selected from the list comprising acetone, xylene, toluene,ethanol, methylcyclohexane, ethyl acetate, diethyl ether, octane,chloroform, methylene chloride, dichloroethane, trichloroethene,tetrachloroethene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran,pyridine, triethylamine, nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide,dimethyl sulfoxide, and any combination thereof.
 30. A solutionaccording to claim 25, wherein the solution is a lyotropic liquidcrystal solution.
 31. A metadielectric layer comprising a mixture of theelectro-polarizable compounds according to claim 1, wherein thenonlinearly polarizable fragments comprising an aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule with one or more R1 groups, and wherein the one ormore R1 and/or R1′ groups form a resistive envelope and solubilize theorganic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating thecolumn-like supramolecules from each other.
 32. The metadielectric layeraccording to claim 31, wherein the column-like supramolecules are formedby the electro-polarizable compounds comprising rylene fragments ofdifferent length.
 33. The metadielectric layer according to claim 31,wherein the metadielectric layer's relative permittivity is greater thanor equal to
 1000. 34. The metadielectric layer according to claim 31,wherein the layer's resistivity is greater than or equal to 10¹³ ohm/cm.35. A meta-capacitor comprising two metal electrodes positioned parallelto each other and which can be rolled or flat and planar with saidmetadielectric layer between said electrodes, wherein the metadielectriclayer comprises one or more types of the electro-polarizable compoundsaccording to claim 1 wherein the nonlinearly polarizable fragmentscomprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least onegroup R1 or R1′, the electro-conductive oligomers and the ionic groupswhich have electronic and/or ionic type of polarizability are placedinto a resistive dielectric envelope formed by resistive substituents R1and/or R1′ providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent andelectrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other.